Board & Staff
Board of Directors
RAYMOND A. “TONY” THOMAS III
Chairman
General, USA Retired
11th Commander, USSOCOM
CLAYTON M. HUTMACHER
President and CEO
Major General, USA Retired
Former Director of Operations, USSOCOM
THOMAS “TOM” ARTHUR
Secretary
President, ASAP Capital Partners
DAVID REDMOND
Treasurer
Executive Vice President & CFO,
Multiplan, Inc.
CRAIG BROTCHIE
Colonel, USAF Retired
Former Commander, 720th Special Tactics Group
MARK “DROOPY” CLARK
Major General, USMC Retired
Former Commander, MARSOC
BARRON COLLIER II
President, Collier Group
JIM CRAIG
Olympic Gold Medalist
Owner, President & CEO, Gold Medal Strategies
MIKE DURANT
Chief Warrant Officer 4, USA Retired
President & CEO,
Pinnacle Solutions
GEORGE FERKES
Colonel, USAF Retired
Former Commander,
Special Operations Group
RICHARD FORSYTH
President & CEO, Wendover Art Group
COLE HAUSER
American Actor
GARDNER HOWE
Vice Admiral, USN Retired
Former Associate Director for Military Affairs, CIA
Scott A. Howell
Lieutenant General, USAF Retired, Former Commander, Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)
Aaron Kozmetsky
Chief Investment Officer,
KMS Ventures
JAMES “JIM” LINDER
Major General, USA Retired
Former Chief of Staff, USSOCOM
Dr. Carla Long
Colonel, USA Retired
Former Command Psychologist, USSOCOM
DR. MICHELE MALVESTI
Professor, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University
PATRICK MCCAULEY
Command Sergeant Major, USA Retired
Former Senior Enlisted Advisor, USSOCOM
GEORGEANN MCRAVEN
Director
KEVIN MILLER
Chief Warrant Officer 3, USA Retired
President & CEO, Sciolex Corporation
HENRY “HILL” ROSS PEROT III
Vice President, Hillwood
THOMAS QUINN
U. S. Secret Service, Retired
Director, Federal Air Marshal Service, Retired
KEVIN SOFIELD
Partner, Vista Equity Partners
Ambassadors
Erin Appleman
Elaine Blaisdell-Taylor
LTG (R) Fran Beaudette
James “JB” Bents
Bryan Brotchie
Jim Dager
Robert Davies
CSM (R) Dick Davis
Tom Doyle
SGM (R) Matt Drayton
Andrew Exum
CSM (R) Frank Grippe
Robert Halder
Dr. Worthe S. Holt
Jason Kasper
SGM (R) Lane Kjellsen
Maj (R) John Koren
CSM (R) Kellyjack Luman
Jay Lynch
COL (R) Steve Mathias
Col (R) John Maubach
Roger Nanney
Nolan Peterson
COL (R) Patrick Powers
Andrew Price
Matthew Quinn
Dan Rodriguez
LCDR (R) Michael Sarraille
Trey Stapleton
LTC (R) Brad Taylor
Viktor Ula
Alejandro Villanueva
MG (R) Dan Walrath
Brooks Watkins
LTC (R) Brian Weyenberg
SGM (R) Andrew “Andy” Wilson
FOUNDATION STAFF
Executive
CLAYTON M. HUTMACHER
President and CEO
Major General, USA Retired
Former Director of Operations, USSOCOM
SEAN J. CORRIGAN
Executive Vice President
Colonel, USA Retired
Ramona Forgacs
Executive Assistant to the President and CEO
SCHOLARSHIP & FAMILY OUTREACH
Barbara Secor, LMHC, MS
Director of Programs
Trine Eriksen, MS
Scholarship & Student Success Advocate
Lisa Berardicurti
Scholarship & Student Success Advocate
Cara L. Cima, MA
Scholarship & Student Success AdvocateLisa Delong
Scholarship & Student Success Advocate
Misty Malson
Program Support SpecialistMaster Sergeant, USAF, Retired
RESOURCES
ANGEL C. MASON, PH.D
Director of Resources
LISA HENSON
Accounting Manager
GARY AQUINO
Administrative Manager
Petty Officer First Class, USN Retired
DEVELOPMENT & EVENTS
greg von schottenstein
Director of Development
SAMANTHA MONTANEZ
Digital Marketing and Communications Coordinator
ELIZABETH GRAHAM
Digital Marketing Manager
Brittany Beckner
Event Coordinator
ALEX GORDON
Event Manager
THOMAS DEITZ
Development Coordinator
Commander, USN Retired
Emeritus
Eric T. Olson
Chairman – Emeritus
Admiral USN (Ret.)
8th Command-in-Chief
U.S. Special Operations Command
Bryan “Doug” Brown
Chairman – Emeritus
General USA (Ret.)
7th Commander-in-Chief
U.S. Special Operations Command
Carl W. Stiner
Chairman – Emeritus
General USA (Ret.)
2nd Commander-in-Chief
U.S. Special Operations Command
Joe Maguire
President/CEO – Emeritus
VADM, USN, (Ret.)
John T. Carney, Jr.
President/CEO – Emeritus
Col. – USAF (Ret.)
Charles Holland
Director – Emeritus
General USAF (Ret.)
6th Command-in-Chief
Special Operations Command
Peter J. Schoomaker
Director – Emeritus
General USA (Ret.)
35th Army Chief-of-Staff
5th Commander-in-Chief
U.S. Special Operations Command
Michael I. Lampe
Director – Emeritus
CMSgt. – USAF (Ret.)
Michael Cohen, CPA
Director – Emeritus
Professor of Professional Practice-Accounting Department
Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University
James E. MacDougald
Director – Emeritus
President, Westshore Ventures, Inc. St. Petersburg, FL
Wayne G. Norrad
Director – Emeritus
CMSgt. – USAF (Ret.)
Richard W. Potter
Director – Emeritus
Brigadier General USA (Ret.)
Former Deputy Commander, USA Special Operations Command
William S. Rone
Treasurer and Director – Emeritus
Fred Thomas
Director – Emeritus
Founder and CEO, Pinch-A-Penny
Steve L. McLeary
Executive Director – Emeritus
Major. – USAF (Ret.)
HAROLD STEINBRENNER
Director – Emeritus
Managing General Partner,
New York Yankees